G/TBT/N/KEN/1160  
26 November 2021  
(21-8937) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  KENYA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Kenya Bureau of Standards  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Bed-linen, 
knitted or crocheted (HS 630210); Textile fabrics (ICS 59.080.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1071:2021 Duvet — Specification (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and tes t methods for duvets.  
NOTE   Duvets are also known as quilts or comforters  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
ISO 105 -B01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B01: Co lour fastness to light: 
Daylight  
ISO 105 -B02, Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
ISO 105 -C10,Colour fastness to washing with soap or soap and soda  
ISO 105 -D01,Colour fastness to dry cleaning using perchloroethylene solvent  
ISO 105-E04, Tests for colour fastness -- Part E04: Colour fastness to perspiration  
ISO 105 -X12, Colour fastness to rubbing  
ISO 1833 (all parts), Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis  G/TBT/N/KEN/1160  
 
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  ISO 3175 -1, Textiles — Professional care, drycleaning and wetcleaning of fabrics and 
garments — Part 1: Assessment of performance after cleaning and finishing  
ISO 3758, Care labelling code using symbols  
ISO 3759, Textiles — Preparation, marking and measuri ng of fabric specimens and 
garments in tests for determination of dimensional change  
ISO 5077, Textiles — Determination of dimensional change in washing and drying  
ISO 6330, Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing  
ISO 9237, Textiles — Determination of the permeability of fabrics to air  
ISO 12945 -2, Determination of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to pilling -- Part 
2: Modified Martindale method  
ISO 13934 -1, Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum for ce using 
the strip method  
ISO 13938 -2, Pneumatic method for determination of bursting strength and bursting 
distension  
ISO 14362 -1, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines derived 
from azo colorants — Part 1: Detection of the use of  certain azo colorants accessible with 
and without extracting the fibres  
ISO 14362 -3, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines derived 
from azo colorants — Part 3: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants, which may 
release 4 -aminoazobenzene  
ISO 16373 -1, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 1: General principles of testing coloured textiles 
for dyestuff identification  
ISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General method for the determination of 
extractable dyestuffs including allerg enic and carcinogenic dyestuffs (method using 
pyridine -water)  
ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 3: Method for determination of certain 
carcinogenic dyestuffs (method using triethylamine/methanol)  
ISO 22198, Textiles — Fabrics — Determination of widt h and length  
ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomization procedures  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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